SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain for a specific service different from an Internet site. By setting up a few SRV records, you’ll be able to use the domain with different providers and point it to a number of servers simultaneously, each server handling a different service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there will not be any interference. You may as well set different priorities and weight for 2 records which are employed for the exact same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can use your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the specific software running on several machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours is going to use is determined by the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Shared Web Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, bundled with each and every Linux shared web hosting we offer, provides you with an easy means to set up any DNS record that you need for a domain name or a subdomain within your account. The intuitive interface is much more simple compared to what other companies offer and you will not have to do anything more complicated than to fill several boxes. For a new SRV record, you will have to log in, go to the DNS Records section and then click the "New" button. In the small pop-up that'll show up, you have to enter the service, protocol and port details. You can also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that will matter if you have no less than 2 servers managing the very same service. If you are using a machine from a different company, they might also ask you to set a TTL value different from the default 3600 seconds. This value determines how long the newly created record is going to remain functional after you modify it in the future.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Since we realize how irritating it may be to manage DNS records, we are going to provide you with an easy-to-use DNS administration instrument as part of our custom-made Hepsia Control Panel, so when you host your domains inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you are going to be able to create an SRV record with no issues. We've got a step-by-step guide, which will make things so much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you'll have to input the information that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific directions to modify the priority and / or the weight values, you can leave those two options as they are and your brand new record will go live within a few minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) could also be set to a custom value, but normally the default value of 3600 seconds is used for most records. This value shows the time the record will continue existing after it is modified or deleted.